shouldn't be so complicated

spent the afternoon with amanda a. at costco and ikea. listened to some good ol' tunes. in 2001, this band was opening for someone else i liked (can't remember who) and i so wanted to go see them in toronto. alas, it didn't work out. to make up for that, we listened to their second album a few hundred times today.

any song that starts with "and" is sure to win my heart. here's one now:

and if i fall along the way
pick me up and dust me off
and if i get too tired to make it
be my breath so i can walk

and if i need some other love then
give me more than i can stand
and when my smile gets old and faded
wait around i'll smile again

shouldn't be so complicated
just hold me and then
just hold me again

can you help me i'm bent
i'm so scared that i'll never
get put back together
keep breaking me in
and this is how we will end
with you and me bent

and if i couldn't sleep could you sleep
could you paint me better off
could you sympathize with my needs
i know you think i need a lot

i started out clean but i'm jaded
just phoning it in
just breaking the skin

chorus

start bending me
it's never enough
i feel all your pieces
start bending me
keep bending me until
i'm completely broken in

shouldn't be so complicated
just touch me and then
just touch me again

can you help me i'm bent
i'm so scared that i'll never
get put back together
keep breaking me in
and this is how we will end
with you and me bent
and without understanding

hell, i'll go there again
can you help me i'm bent
i'm so scared that i'll never
get put back together.
you're breaking me in
and this is how we will end
with you and me bent.
~matchbox twenty